RICHMOND BARRACKS

The surrendered insurrectionists where all marched here and imprisoned after they laid down their arms. Visit the site of the oft forgotten prison of the 1916 Easter Rising rebels, and many innocent civilians wrongly arrested. The conditions and treatment meted out to the prisoner here and as they were moved for trial and other gaols such as kilmainham will help to explain why the 1916 Easter Rising changed the hearts and minds of so many Irish people and to turn away from the promise Home Rule and join the fight for Independence.